[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Bangalore's most famous food street VV Puram is located right in the center of the city at Sajjan Rao Circle, close to Lal Bagh. This food street in Bangalore, or thindi beedi (eat street) as it is known in Kannada, has regular patrons and first-timers crowding it every evening starting 7 PM, when it comes to life. The entire street features vegetarian food, with eateries serving everything from south-Indian favourites to Mumbai street food, north-Indian chat and event Rajasthani fare. There is a whole range of delectable food to explore - crisp dosas, buttery-soft idlis, stuffed paranthas, Punjabi chaat, Maharashtrian dabelis, Mumbai-style pav bhaji, hot holliges and gulkun ice-cream.
Here is a detailed guide to the VV Puram food street in Bangalore, including things to keep in mind and a thorough list of eateries and dishes to try. Print this practical guide, grab your friends and go visit.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text title="Six things to plan before heading to VV Puram."]

Things to keep in mind:

Try to sample maximum number of dishes: How? Go with as many friends as you can rope in. The bigger the group, the more food you can sample. Aim to sample the top items at each joint. No point eating one or two items and heading back, we say!

It comes alive around 7 PM: While some of the shops start serving from 5:30-6:00 PM onwards, all of them are ready only by 7:00 PM.

Weekends are very crowded: So get there a little early by 7 PM.

Limited Seating Available: The experience is to stand and eat on the street, watching the cooks put your dish together live. So do wear comfortable footwear. However, very recently Sri Vasavi Mane Tindi has introduced a special section where patrons can sit and place orders.

Parking secrets: Try one of the roads leading into Sajjan Rao Circle if you can’t find parking around the circle itself.

Go green: Dispose off plates in a dustbin. Most shops will have them placed at prominent locations.

Water: We suggest carrying your own bottle of water so that you don't have to buy one while there.

No waste please: Try and avoid wasting food.

[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text title="Overview"]Now for a quick overview of the food before we get into the specifics of what each of the joints serve. There are about 15 different eateries serving different types of food (listed below outlet by outlet). We would classify the food varieties into the following categories in decreasing order of specialty – from must-have to do-try to also-available.
(Not to say that food listed in the last category is not good – it’s just not what this food street is known for. Also, some of those in the last category are relatively new additions to this otherwise old eat street, and purists that we are, we would like to call them out.)[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_column_text title="Must-have:"]

[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][mk_fancy_title tag_name="h5" size="16" letter_spacing="2" margin_bottom="10" font_family="Open+Sans" font_type="google"]Top eateries on this food street[/mk_fancy_title][vc_column_text]To make your VV Puram food street experience even richer, here are the details on the eateries on this lane, going in from the Sajjan Rao Circle end.

This is the first shop to your left as you enter from Sajjan Rao Circle – just after BR Bakery. Oftentimes credited with being the first shop on this eat street in Bangalore, it started as a shop for snacks and condiments. Today it also serves the typical food that this thindi beedi is famous for. Serving unique South-Indian fare that’s difficult to come by elsewhere, this is a do-not-miss in caps. Their jalebis are also great.

Great For:

Akki Roti (rice rotis) – In winters, they add avarekai to akki rotis. Served with a curry (different everyday) which is as good as the roti.

Ragi Roti (a type of dosa made with ragi)

Paddus / Paniyarams (these are available at various shops down the road also)

The second shop to your left just after Shri Vasavi Chatnis is Arya Vysya Refreshment. An establishment which is 75 years old, it has a lot of interesting food on offer. Perhaps the most well known and unique dish it serves is called Curd Kodu Bele. This deep-fried fritter, is made of a batter consisting of rice flour, curd and seasonings. It is best had piping hot, off the girdle.

Great For:

Curd Kodu Bele (rice flour and curd mixed together with seasonings to make a soft dough which is shaped into rings and deep fried)

In the last few years, Sri Vasavi Mane Tindi has taken centre-stage at VV Puram food street. From a small extension of the Sri Vasavi Chatnis, it is today a large eatery, spanning one-third the street and serving a wide variety of dishes, right from the special south-Indian fare such as akki rotis, paddus and ragi rotis to the typical tiffin items such as dosas, idlis, lemon rice and shavige bath to even north-Indian and Chinese food. (It also has mumbai pav bhaji but we recommend Dev Sagar across the road for that).

6. Idli Mane (right side, next to Dev Sagar) (Must-have)

This is the another Idli Mane outlet, right across the street to Idli Mane (Purple Board) and has the regular south-Indian fare. But what we recommend here is the holige – flour paranthas stuffed with a sweet filling made of either dal or coconut, served hot.

Right at the end of this eat street is a small provision store-like store known for an innovation called Gulkan ice-cream, which falls in the must-have list on this street. Gulkan is a sweet made from dried rose petals. The Gulkan ice-cream has a generous serving of gulkan, tpped with dried fruits such as raisins and figs, a freshly cut banana, a big dollop of benne (butter) and a scoop of ice-cream. Totally must-try, this is a specialty that is available in very few places in Bangalore.

Bhajji is kannada for fritters. On the same side as Vasavi Mane Tindi, this shop serves a wide range of bhajjis. Some of the bhajjis are cut neatly, sprinkled with chopped onion, coriander leaves, grated carrots and a tangy masala before being served.

This is a popular stop on this food street. It serves Mumbai street food – Pao Bhaji, Vada Pao, Tawa Pulao and Dabeli. Among the few eateries in Bangalore serving Dabeli, it attracts quite a few people with its authentic tasting food. It is also known for its north-Indian sweets such as Rasmalai, Gulab Jamun etc.

Great For:

Pav Bhaji – Served hot, this is a good eat if the south-Indian fare does not excite or you need a break from it.

Vada Pao – The usual aloo bonda stuffed into a pav (bread)

Tawa Pulao – Another Mumbai favourite, this is a rice preparation with vegetables, masala and butter.

Dabeli – A sweet version of vada pav with something like the bhaji from pav bhaji stuffed into the pav along with peanuts and sev.

From being one of the other cuisines available on this popular food street, Chinese Corner is today a popular stop for the regulars who like to intersperse the south-Indian delights with some spicy Chinese dishes.

Good For:

Paddus – Mini masala idlis

Curd Kodubale (rice flour and curd mixed together with seasoning to make a soft dough which is shaped into rings and deep fried). This is the second outlet on the street that serves these. Do try them.

Bangalore's most famous food street VV Puram is located right in the center of the city at Sajjan Rao Circle, close to Lal Bagh. This food street in Bangalore, or thindi beedi (eat street) as it is known in Kannada, has regular patrons and first-timers crowding it every evening starting 7 PM, when it comes to life. The entire street features vegetarian food, with eateries serving everything from south-Indian favourites to Mumbai street food, north-Indian chat and event Rajasthani fare. There is a whole range of delectable food to explore - crisp dosas, buttery-soft idlis, stuffed paranthas, Punjabi chaat, Maharashtrian dabelis, Mumbai-style pav bhaji, hot holliges and gulkun ice-cream.

Here is a detailed guide to the VV Puram food street in Bangalore, including things to keep in mind and a thorough list of eateries and dishes to try. Print this practical guide, grab your friends and go visit.

Six things to plan before heading to VV Puram.

Things to keep in mind:

Try to sample maximum number of dishes: How? Go with as many friends as you can rope in. The bigger the group, the more food you can sample. Aim to sample the top items at each joint. No point eating one or two items and heading back, we say!

It comes alive around 7 PM: While some of the shops start serving from 5:30-6:00 PM onwards, all of them are ready only by 7:00 PM.

Weekends are very crowded: So get there a little early by 7 PM.

Limited Seating Available: The experience is to stand and eat on the street, watching the cooks put your dish together live. So do wear comfortable footwear. However, very recently Sri Vasavi Mane Tindi has introduced a special section where patrons can sit and place orders.

Parking secrets: Try one of the roads leading into Sajjan Rao Circle if you can’t find parking around the circle itself.

Go green: Dispose off plates in a dustbin. Most shops will have them placed at prominent locations.

Water: We suggest carrying your own bottle of water so that you don't have to buy one while there.

No waste please: Try and avoid wasting food.

Overview

Now for a quick overview of the food before we get into the specifics of what each of the joints serve. There are about 15 different eateries serving different types of food (listed below outlet by outlet). We would classify the food varieties into the following categories in decreasing order of specialty – from must-have to do-try to also-available.

(Not to say that food listed in the last category is not good – it’s just not what this food street is known for. Also, some of those in the last category are relatively new additions to this otherwise old eat street, and purists that we are, we would like to call them out.)

This is the first shop to your left as you enter from Sajjan Rao Circle – just after BR Bakery. Oftentimes credited with being the first shop on this eat street in Bangalore, it started as a shop for snacks and condiments. Today it also serves the typical food that this thindi beedi is famous for. Serving unique South-Indian fare that’s difficult to come by elsewhere, this is a do-not-miss in caps. Their jalebis are also great.

Great For:

Akki Roti (rice rotis) – In winters, they add avarekai to akki rotis. Served with a curry (different everyday) which is as good as the roti.

Ragi Roti (a type of dosa made with ragi)

Paddus / Paniyarams (these are available at various shops down the road also)

The second shop to your left just after Shri Vasavi Chatnis is Arya Vysya Refreshment. An establishment which is 75 years old, it has a lot of interesting food on offer. Perhaps the most well known and unique dish it serves is called Curd Kodu Bele. This deep-fried fritter, is made of a batter consisting of rice flour, curd and seasonings. It is best had piping hot, off the girdle.

Great For:

Curd Kodu Bele (rice flour and curd mixed together with seasonings to make a soft dough which is shaped into rings and deep fried)

In the last few years, Sri Vasavi Mane Tindi has taken centre-stage at VV Puram food street. From a small extension of the Sri Vasavi Chatnis, it is today a large eatery, spanning one-third the street and serving a wide variety of dishes, right from the special south-Indian fare such as akki rotis, paddus and ragi rotis to the typical tiffin items such as dosas, idlis, lemon rice and shavige bath to even north-Indian and Chinese food. (It also has mumbai pav bhaji but we recommend Dev Sagar across the road for that).

This is yet another eatery serving south-Indian tiffin. It is best known for its dosas and idli.

Great For:

Dosa, Idly Chutney

Lemon Rice / Puliyogare

Dosa at Idli Mane (click on image)

Idli Mane (click on image)

6. Idli Mane (right side, next to Dev Sagar) (Must-have)

This is the another Idli Mane outlet, right across the street to Idli Mane (Purple Board) and has the regular south-Indian fare. But what we recommend here is the holige – flour paranthas stuffed with a sweet filling made of either dal or coconut, served hot.

Great For:

Right at the end of this eat street is a small provision store-like store known for an innovation called Gulkan ice-cream, which falls in the must-have list on this street. Gulkan is a sweet made from dried rose petals. The Gulkan ice-cream has a generous serving of gulkan, tpped with dried fruits such as raisins and figs, a freshly cut banana, a big dollop of benne (butter) and a scoop of ice-cream. Totally must-try, this is a specialty that is available in very few places in Bangalore.

Great For:

Bhajji is kannada for fritters. On the same side as Vasavi Mane Tindi, this shop serves a wide range of bhajjis. Some of the bhajjis are cut neatly, sprinkled with chopped onion, coriander leaves, grated carrots and a tangy masala before being served.

This is a popular stop on this food street. It serves Mumbai street food – Pao Bhaji, Vada Pao, Tawa Pulao and Dabeli. Among the few eateries in Bangalore serving Dabeli, it attracts quite a few people with its authentic tasting food. It is also known for its north-Indian sweets such as Rasmalai, Gulab Jamun etc.

Great For:

Pav Bhaji – Served hot, this is a good eat if the south-Indian fare does not excite or you need a break from it.

Vada Pao – The usual aloo bonda stuffed into a pav (bread)

Tawa Pulao – Another Mumbai favourite, this is a rice preparation with vegetables, masala and butter.

Dabeli – A sweet version of vada pav with something like the bhaji from pav bhaji stuffed into the pav along with peanuts and sev.

Good For:

From being one of the other cuisines available on this popular food street, Chinese Corner is today a popular stop for the regulars who like to intersperse the south-Indian delights with some spicy Chinese dishes.

Good For:

Good For:

Paddus – Mini masala idlis

Curd Kodubale (rice flour and curd mixed together with seasoning to make a soft dough which is shaped into rings and deep fried). This is the second outlet on the street that serves these. Do try them.

Great For:

Rose Milk, Badaam Milk, Rabri Custard (with and without fruits).

Lassi and Milkshakes at Mumbai Milkshakes and Lassi (click on image)

Some new eateries have opened in VV Puram's food street, like Rajasthani Parotha Point, Om Sri Vinyaka-Chat Express, Ramu Tiffin Centre, Sri Raghavendra Devangere Dosa and more. We're awaiting some foodie reviews before we share them here. This guide covers the old-time eateries, the ones that have been around for decades on the VV Puram Food Street.